When my husband came to ask my Dad for my "hand in marriage," Dad questioned him endlessly. We sat, nervously wishing that my Dad would give an answer - but he had to have more facts! Husband finally clarified the fact that the US Government deducted a certain amount from husband's Air Force check, added a housing allotment to it, and mailed a check for that amount to me.
I was thinking that my Dad, a very serious man, would question our chances for living within the budget that our small incomes would demand, and was shocked when he answered. Dad looked up at husband, and then smiled, which I'd never seen him do before, and said, "I guess you know, Son, that this will increase my taxes!"
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Wisps of Wonder
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